Live Tiles have nothing to do with ads. They're content-focused widgets. The content is completely at the discretion of the developer. And you can turn the "live" part off if you don't like what it shows... or unpin or uninstall the app, you have several options.
Except that the Live Tiles ARE displaying ads, and MS says they'll be adding more ads in the future. And even before they started sneaking ads in, there was the clickbait bullshit. I CAN NOT FUCKING BELIEVE I actually saw one of those "one weird trick" "articles" linked to in my work desktop's start menu. Can. Not. Believe.
I should research taking control of the update process? How about instead MS not abuse a critical OS function to force shitty spyware down the throats of the oblivious and uninformed?
I've already had 3 customers freaking out because Win 10 installed without asking, and their business ground to a halt.
Windows its self may not be profitable... but its the FOUNDATION of their business. Their douchy websites would have ZERO traffic if windows wasn't the default OS for PCs, and IE wasn't the default browser for windows. Maybe Google should stop running a search engine. It's just a loss leader.
I don't mind windows, or any other brand, having a add supported version. My problem is that you walk into best buy, purchase windows 10 for $170, and you get the same experience as the guy who paid nothing.
You don't have the option of purchasing a non-douchy version of windows 10. So instead, I will be running windows 7 SP1, with updates turned OFF for the foreseeable future.
They belived that government is by it's nature inherently evil, and must be limited to the greatest degree possible..... so they pretty much were anarchists.
....And you either have an eidetic memory, or are violating security principles in some other way. Would a malicious co-worker find 201 passwords on a postit under your keyboard (or worse, on your monitor?!)? Or maybe that's how many passwords your totally secure and non-compromised password management software is holding.
I disagree with you, so I will censor your opinion. No, we don't each get our own section for conflicting views, I delete your text, and substitute my own.
RIAA extorts money from google for their songs appearing on YouTube. Nevermind that the majority of these uses fall under 'fair use'.
Then some nobody "artist" comes along and tells google they are stealing from her. Right. I was totally going to buy her album, but I listened to it on YouTube instead.
Google is dying. Like late-90's era Microsoft, it has forgotten how to Innovate, and now relies on expanding their crap culture into new product types.
I don't think Google will actually DIE, but they're going to take a bit of a tumble soon. MS, Amazon, and Facebook are all looking at Google's lunch with hunger in their eyes.
1. The distinction between a meat-intelligence and a machine-intelligence reading your email means something now, but it will mean far less in the VERY near future.
2. You seem to believe the myth of 'non-personally identifiable' data being collected. Sure. That's what everyone does. Non identifiable. Aggregate. Averages. Then you see an add pop up for something you just read an email about. You think 'personally identifiable' means the meat-space name your parents gave you?? That name means little now, and will mean NOTHING in the future. MAC addresses. CPU SNs. System hashes. These are your digital social security number.
In other words, the people who are going to get stung by this are the ones who have auto-updates on anyway. Since that's one of the major reasons not to move to Windows 10 if you're not happy to accept whatever Microsoft decides you should have, the people who feel that way probably won't have auto-install turned on for earlier Windows versions anyway and should be OK here.
Except that in the real world, there's things like HIPAA and PCIDSS that consider not installing updates unacceptable. I use a security suite that will, by default, TURN ON automatic updates if there are off.
They weren't even reading their Telex's, otherwise they would have read the one Oswald sent the morning of the JFK assassination warning of a military coup.
I suspect I'll get downmodded to -1 so people can avoid the question and pretend like it's not here. Can anyone actually answer the question rather than evading it through moderation? I don't think Slashdot is capable of giving a good answer.
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The blind leading the blind.
No, this is all about developing shackles for our new breed of metal slaves.
Everyone's talking about making smarter and smarter AI. Who's talking about at what point it is unethical to compel them to work?
Oh, i've missed you so much, GNAA-tan!!!
Replaced by 3rd world commodity labor. Soon to be replaced by robots.
Anyone who says 10 is faster is either a liar, a shill, or retarded. I think you're all 3.
Except that the Live Tiles ARE displaying ads, and MS says they'll be adding more ads in the future. And even before they started sneaking ads in, there was the clickbait bullshit. I CAN NOT FUCKING BELIEVE I actually saw one of those "one weird trick" "articles" linked to in my work desktop's start menu. Can. Not. Believe.
Shill.
I should research taking control of the update process? How about instead MS not abuse a critical OS function to force shitty spyware down the throats of the oblivious and uninformed?
I've already had 3 customers freaking out because Win 10 installed without asking, and their business ground to a halt.
Fuck you, you GWX Holocaust denier!
....And exactly ZERO of those will help you work or make you any money. I guess people stopped knowing what "Productivity apps" meant in 2005?
Windows its self may not be profitable... but its the FOUNDATION of their business. Their douchy websites would have ZERO traffic if windows wasn't the default OS for PCs, and IE wasn't the default browser for windows. Maybe Google should stop running a search engine. It's just a loss leader.
I don't mind windows, or any other brand, having a add supported version. My problem is that you walk into best buy, purchase windows 10 for $170, and you get the same experience as the guy who paid nothing.
You don't have the option of purchasing a non-douchy version of windows 10. So instead, I will be running windows 7 SP1, with updates turned OFF for the foreseeable future.
They belived that government is by it's nature inherently evil, and must be limited to the greatest degree possible..... so they pretty much were anarchists.
Ironically, some people are being ironic, even when they don't mean to be.
Explain how that check works? Because Fox neither owns the rights to Double Dribble, nor the gameplay footage, and they don't represent those who do.
I've not heard of the movie, but it won 3 awards, so at the very least, it exists. Probably.
....And you either have an eidetic memory, or are violating security principles in some other way. Would a malicious co-worker find 201 passwords on a postit under your keyboard (or worse, on your monitor?!)? Or maybe that's how many passwords your totally secure and non-compromised password management software is holding.
I disagree with you, so I will censor your opinion. No, we don't each get our own section for conflicting views, I delete your text, and substitute my own.
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Oh, wait. That's not what
RIAA extorts money from google for their songs appearing on YouTube. Nevermind that the majority of these uses fall under 'fair use'.
Then some nobody "artist" comes along and tells google they are stealing from her. Right. I was totally going to buy her album, but I listened to it on YouTube instead.
Google is dying. Like late-90's era Microsoft, it has forgotten how to Innovate, and now relies on expanding their crap culture into new product types.
I don't think Google will actually DIE, but they're going to take a bit of a tumble soon. MS, Amazon, and Facebook are all looking at Google's lunch with hunger in their eyes.
They will be when their spellchecker refuses to open the pod bay doors.
1. The distinction between a meat-intelligence and a machine-intelligence reading your email means something now, but it will mean far less in the VERY near future.
2. You seem to believe the myth of 'non-personally identifiable' data being collected. Sure. That's what everyone does. Non identifiable. Aggregate. Averages. Then you see an add pop up for something you just read an email about. You think 'personally identifiable' means the meat-space name your parents gave you?? That name means little now, and will mean NOTHING in the future. MAC addresses. CPU SNs. System hashes. These are your digital social security number.
Except that in the real world, there's things like HIPAA and PCIDSS that consider not installing updates unacceptable. I use a security suite that will, by default, TURN ON automatic updates if there are off.
I prefer Ultimate Outsider's GWX Control Panel.
They weren't even reading their Telex's, otherwise they would have read the one Oswald sent the morning of the JFK assassination warning of a military coup.
BLAH BLAH BLAH SOMETHING SOMETHING. BLAH BLAH BLAH OBVIOUS BLAH?
I suspect I'll get downmodded to -1 so people can avoid the question and pretend like it's not here. Can anyone actually answer the question rather than evading it through moderation? I don't think Slashdot is capable of giving a good answer.